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Permalink Reply by KaiMi on January 13, 2025 at 10:08am

Could it be printed?

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Permalink Reply by Allen on January 13, 2025 at 10:12am

I was thinking stamp. Not sure the technology would have worked for preprinting on this (letter dated 1947). But, yeah, doesn’t look “live.”

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo To Allen on January 13, 2025 at 10:34am

Autopens were available by 1937., with the first commercially successful model being sold in 1942. It was designed by Robert M. De Shazo of the International Autopen Company. Was it used here? 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 13, 2025 at 10:28am

"Bette Davis 1940's" is the common secretarial. The ink on the Orson Welles appears a problem. The "Joan Crawford" is a forgery. I would not bother to look further.

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